When we stand back and take a cold, hard look at 'Beauty and the Beast,' should we really class it as a love story at all? At what point in the movie do we think Belle finally fell in love with the Beast?
Here are some possibilities. It might have been when he starved her. It could be when he imprisoned her and cut her off from the outside world, too. Maybe it was all the shouting. Love? It sounds more like Stockholm Syndrome to us.